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272 JENNY JONES |
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I come in my white dress, white dress, white dress, I come in my white dress, and how will that do ?
White is for wedding, wedding, wedding, White is for wedding, and that won't do.
Very well, ladies, ladies, ladies, Very well, ladies, and gentlemen too-.
I come in my blue dress, blue dress, blue dress, I come in my blue dress, and how will that do ?
Blue is for sailors, sailors, sailors, Blue is for sailors, and that won't do.
[Then follow verses as before, beginning—
Very well, ladies. I come in my red dress. Red is for soldiers, |
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Then] Very well, ladies. |
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I come in my black dress, black dress, black dress, I come in my black dress, and how will that do ?
Black is for funeral,
And that will do
To carry poor Jenny to the grave.
—Sporle, Norfolk (Miss Matthews).
XI. We're come to see Jenny Jones, Jenny Jones, Jenny Jones, Come to see Jenny Jones, how is she now ?
Jenny is a-washing, a-washing, a-washing, Jenny is a-washing, you can't see her now.
Very well, ladies, very well, ladies, Very well, ladies, we can't see her now.
[Then follow the same verses for—
(i) ironing,
(2) badly,
(3) dead; |
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